I went to Oppen yesterday to the auditions of Atlantis Productions' Beauty and the Beast. Blahahaha, call me a chicken, but I didn't sign up. Just like what happened during Urinetown auditions the other year. I don't know. Maybe I still enjoy the thrill of being a crew member instead of just a performer. I prefer knowing everything that's going on instead of just onstage. Plus, my usual excuse that I didn't have a music score/minus one.

Oh, the schizo in me. The frustrated theatre actress is mentally slamming the lurking backstage crew member against the wall and calling her a chicken. And I could actually see it in my mind. Hahahaha!

I met up with Peachy at RCBC first because she didn't know how to get to the venue. Then we took a jeep to Pacific Star and walked the rest of the way to Oppen. My golly banana, it was only half past the first hour but there were so many people already. I found Teena near the restrooms, and as it turned out, she went there with Joy. Hahaha, Teena, I didn't know that you were going there until you texted me while I was on my way. Woohoo, Pam was also there to try out.

Led Peach to Ate Sally, who was at the registration table. We bumped into Joy at the glass door, and when she said that she was done auditioning, Peachy tried to grill her about what happened inside.

The first one I accompanied inside the waiting area was Pam, who was number 14. The small area was crowded with people waiting for their numbers to be called out by Miss Bernice, and Pam and I were just standing there, talking and talking. Hahaha, hilarious moment. At one point, when I heard music stop inside the rehearsal area, I suddenly turned out Pam and said, "Wait, anong number na?" I didn't have to wait. Miss Bernice came out and said Pam's number and took her by surprise!

Hehehe, can I just say? It was the first time I saw Peachy so nervous. Maybe because it was her first time to try out for a big production. Kaya mo yan, Peach! She couldn't even decide whether to sing her selected piece, "I Enjoy Being a Girl" from Flower Drum Song, or "Colors of the Wind" from Pocahontas, which she borrowed from Joy. I had to tell her to go with the former because it's what she rehearsed.

Jenny also came later in the morning to try out. She had to wait until after the 15-minute break for lunch, so we all waited with her outside.

Aba, Altair was also there! He said that he wasn't really planning to try out, but his friends from Blue Rep managed to get him to.

When I saw Rony pass by me when he was on his way to the restroom, he just had to mention that he read my blog and saw the "featherduster" entry. Hahahaha! Thanks for dropping by, Rony!

Rawr, I missed seeing the Joseph people. I just found out today from Mimay that she was there along with Henry, Son, Lav, Arni and Prof at around 2:30 in the afternoon, just when Teena, Pam, Peachy and I went across to Chicken Bacolod for lunch!

I left early with the three of them for Glorietta after returning the Tick, Tick... Boom! script that I borrowed from Krystal. Then off I went to return to the south.

Ended up hanging out with Drei and Nicco at Nicco's house. First we were just helping Nicco with his Techdra plate (well, I tried to, hahaha... it's been a long while since I last did the same plate of the theater floor plan), then we watched the Disney cartoon of Beauty and the Beast. We only got to watch half of it on VCD, because Drei couldn't find the 2nd CD of the video. After a few card games, we decided to spend the rest of the night at Starbucks. Hahaha, we were talking to Mish on the phone while I was helping the two guys make their write-ups for Stephen's thesis. My golly, I've been making people yearbook and program write-ups since my 2nd year in CSB. Don't you think I should start getting paid for this? Hahaha.

I'm out for now. Good luck to those trying out for Once On This Island today!